The site next to Grace Church marked the changes. The Nickel theater known as Lothrop's gave popular plays, variety performances, and " exhibited freaks." It eventually became the city's first full time movie house. The Nickel was then removed to make way for the E.F. Albee Stock Company Playhouse, which subsequently became RKO Albee as motion pictures displaced vaudeville, musicals, and repertory drama.
During the 1950's and 1960's, as people moved to the suburbs, the lights went out on the motion picture district. the Albee closed in 1970 and was torn down shortly thereafter.
Some theaters, however, were saved from the wrecking ball. In 1973 the Trinity Repertory Company moved into the Lederer theater. Mayor Vincent Cianci Jr. and the Providence Foundation saved the Loew's State in Providence from demolition in 1977. It reopened in 1978 as the Ocean State Performing Arts Center. The revitalization of the arts and entertainment district had begun.
| HM Number | HM128L |
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| Date Added | Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 12:23am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19T E 299393 N 4633024 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 41.82371667, -71.41553333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 41° 49.423', W 71° 24.932' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 41° 49' 25.38" N, 71° 24' 55.92" W |
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| Area Code(s) | 401 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 58-80 Mathewson St, Providence RI 02903, US |
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